Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-11-04

This the imprisonment OF Virginia State
officers by Judge Bond is to be the provoca-
ton to set the people of the State wild with
excitement-to repeat the campaign of 1883,
and to give the Democracy another lease OF
power to Cypress and outrage the people,
Valley Vtayinian.
And isn't 1t enough? What more do yea
want ? What other outrage by petty
Federal Judge do you wait for before
making an cutlery. Does the Virginian
believe that the U. S. Supreme Court ever
decided. or intended to decide that in a
suit in a Federal Court brought gainst
a State, a petty Judge has the power to
imprison the Attorney General Of the
State, the Attorneys of the CoIam0n-
wealth, its Judges, and dismantie the
Common wealth, as long as this Eleventh
Amendment to the Constitution stands
''The judicial powers of the United States
shall not be construed to extend to any suit in
law or equity commenced Or prosecuted
against one of the United States by citizens of
another State, or by citizens or subjects of
any foreign State"
Is it so infatuated worshipper of Fed
eral power that without waiting for the
last appeal to the highest tribunal on this
point, it is anxious to fall at the feet of a
petty Circuit Judge and hand over to him
the Commonwealth of Virginia This out
rage not only is to be, but is the proyoca-
tion to the people of Virginia to vote down
at the ballot box every man who puts his
head up as candidate representing the
same Capitalization views held by Judge
Bond. 1t is provocation for every Dem
ocrat whatever day of the week he be
summoned. to go TO the polls and vote
down the whole brood of Republicans who
are allies and copartners of Judge BOnd.
The intelligent Democrats k1ow what this
usurpation means. they know the effect
of Tits depth and breadth and height.
They know that upon the result of their
resistance 10 it. by all the means to be
found in the law, depends the existence
OF Virginia as free State. The intelligent
Democrats of Virginia kno,D. as was SAID
by Chief Justice Waite and the three
other Justices of the Supreme Court, that
this is the first time that in defiance of
the Eleventh Amendment the Federal
Judiciary has attempted to coerce State,
and they are not deceived "by any adroit
use of words or train of metaphysical
reasoning" Nor are they deceived by the
ahject surrender of the Vsrginiaaa, which
is in such hurry to capituIate that it out
strips the demands of the enemy and cries
for mercy before the Supreme Courts de-
clsion is made known.
The INDICATOR has proved to be cor
rect in foretelling hot political campaign
following the usurping action of Judge
Bond. In 1883 we had the provocation OF
Negro Republican meeting. month be
fore the election, asking for Federal troops
to control the polls. To-day we have
Federal Judge imprisoning Virginia State
officers in violation of the Constitution.
In both cases the people looked to the lem
ocratlc party for help and it has given it.
They know there is no use turning to the
Republican party-a party which turns
State legislatures out with the bayonet,
but which is IN deadly terror of even
tipstaff Of petty Federal Court.
Yes, 1883 is here again, and on Novem-
Der oh the circulars will be flying around
announcing the triumphant election of
Democratic legislature, the emo of VIM.
Malone in public life, and the defeat of
those Sherman, Foraker, Malone candi-
dates-Messrs Craig and Dunlap